ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE BLIND.

HC Deb 31 March 1919 vol 114 c893W

Mr. DONALD

asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he can state the composition of the Committee for the Blind in Ireland; and whether this committee has applied to Parliament for a grant of money to improve the condition of the blind that they may be able to live in decency and self-respect?

Mr. MACPHERSON

The following is the list of members of the Advisory Committee for the Blind in Ireland:

• The Right Honourable Sir Thomas Stafford, Bart., C.B., Member of the Departmental Committee on the Welfare of the Blind (Chairman).
• E. Coey Bigger, Esq., M.D., Medical Commissioner, Local Government Board, Ireland.
• ^*John Mulhall, Esq., C.B.
• ^*W. Rochfort Wade, Esq., M.A., Secretary for Ireland to the National Institute for the Blind.
• J. H. Hewitt, Esq., Workshops for Industrious Blind, Belfast.
• ^*Wallace Gillespie, Esq., National League of the Blind, Belfast.
• Reverend Brother B. J. Byrne, Prior, St. Joseph's Asylum for the Blind, Dublin.
• ^*E. Winston, Esq., National League of the Blind, Dublin.
• Sister J. C. Vavaseur, Superioress, Blind Asylum, Merrion, county Dublin.

The recommendations of the Advisory Committee are at present under consideration by the Irish Government and the Treasury. ^*Denotes these members are blind,